betamethasone sodium phosphate

betamethasone sodium phosphate
[USP] the disodium salt of the 21-phosphate ester of betamethasone, having the same actions as the base; used intramuscularly in the treatment of adrenocortical insufficiency and parenterally, alone or in combination with betamethasone acetate, as an antiinflammatory and immunosuppressant; also applied topically to the conjunctiva and ear canal and given as a retention enema as an antiinflammatory.

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